Peter Roebuck
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Peter Michael Roebuck (6 March 1956 – 12 November 2011) was an English cricketer who later became an Australian newspaper columnist and radio commentator.
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Full name | Peter Michael Roebuck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1956-03-06)6 March 1956 Oddington, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 November 2011(2011-11-12) (aged 55) Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Paul Roebuck (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1991 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1975–1977 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–2002 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 21 August 1974 Somerset v Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 23 August 1991 Somerset v Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 3 May 1975 Combined Universities v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last List A | 13 September 2001 Devon v Bedfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 August 2009 |
A consistent county performer with over 25,000 runs, and "one of the better English openers of the 1980s",[1] Roebuck captained the English county side Somerset between 1986 and 1988. During 1989, Roebuck also captained an England XI one-day cricket team in two matches.[2] His post-playing career as an erudite writer earned him great acclaim as a journalist with the Sunday Times and later as an author.[1]
Roebuck died by suicide in Cape Town, South Africa, on 12 November 2011 after being asked by police to answer questions about an allegation of sexual assault.[3] A book by Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge titled Chasing Shadows – The Life and Death of Peter Roebuck was published in October 2015.[4]